title: Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling delays sendai virus-induced apoptosis by preventing XIAP degradation.
abstract: Sendai virus (SeV) infection causes apoptosis, which is manifested only late after infection; however, inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) dramatically accelerates the process. We report here that rapid apoptosis uses the same mitochondrial apoptotic pathway as slow apoptosis. Cytoplasmic cytochrome c (cyt c) was released early in both cases, but the antiapoptotic protein XIAP prevented early activation of the caspases in cells with active PI3K. When the enzyme was inhibited, XIAP was degraded rapidly in infected cells, allowing cyt c to cause caspase activation and early apoptosis. Thus, SeV infection-mediated apoptosis is temporally regulated by the prevention of XIAP degradation by PI3K.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics/NE20, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
authors.forename: Christine L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Saurabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chattopadhyay
authors.forename: Ganes C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Sen
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis; D002460:Cell Line; D006801:Humans; D058539:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase / Q000276:immunology*; D029082:Sendai virus / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D051636:X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D051636:X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein; D058539:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase